Founder of The Big Fix Inc. and co-founder of the Blue Mountains Permaculture Institute, Lis has been teaching permaculture for over ten years and working to develop new models for living and working in the 21st Century. She has had a farm in Orange and now co-ordinates Blackheath Community Farm in the Blue Mountains. Lis has been CEO of Arts OutWest, Climate Adaptation Officer for Central NSW Councils, and lecturer in Operations and Environmental Management for Torrens University. She is also the editor and writer for The Big Fix solutions media services.